I have never met you, either as a seventeen year old or a seventy year old.

Where are you?

I arose today thinking of you,

Thinking of all the things about you…

Thinking of your broken bones, Your throes,

Your tides of gladness, your

Fits of sadness that make me sad; and I do not know you.

When will you be revealed to me:

On a dark winter’s night,

On a bed, with only roses growing; in the country; by a house; on a roadside?

I arose today wondering about you….

]]>https://legendaryvinylrecords.com/2018/02/01/distance/feed/02russNew Song Of October –https://legendaryvinylrecords.com/2017/10/24/new-song-of-october/
https://legendaryvinylrecords.com/2017/10/24/new-song-of-october/#respondTue, 24 Oct 2017 22:07:14 +0000http://fluffilummi.com/?p=385New Song of October – A little dark.

October has no reason for being: It’s no longer summer for you and

Winter’s not here.

October does not announce the

Killing to come, in winter;

It teases. Sunny October brings wind that

Blows leaves into eyes. Debris lands in our hair.

Our blown hair, now in the way, waits for rain.

Trees give up leaves, and coolness calls out.

Crisp cold tells nothing. It simply makes us change our clothes

From Bareness showing, to shorn Fur.

October is a scare! The colors of fall, we revere. Leaves are red, like blood; Black, like death;

Purple, like the blue with the lack of air.

Lips are pursed not allowing anything in or out, while we wait for October’s words.

Summer and its Sun held leaves green. And in October

We still have to wait for winter’s cold, crisp, dormant sleep giving – rest.

So what of October, so loved? It is the first whole month of fall.

It shines and rains, though not at the same time.

October is round like a pumpkin. October does nothing: It has things done to it. It is not September,

Nor is it November.

No wonder Halloween likes you, poor October, you let Halloween do whatever it wants to do!

You do nothing and become our favorite month.

April south of the equator, you are the same.

April and October, two pregnant friends, birth a winter,

That once born becomes a time for nursing, quietude, and the joy of new life to come, in spring, in

Have courage to know that when you are dealt a blow, it can be overcome. It hurts both physically and emotionally and your will can be tested.

Courage means that you stand up and take a step forward, even if slowly at first. Courage is to be brave amid criticism. When you experience self-doubt, do not blame yourself – but love yourself.

Courage is standing up to bullies. Find a strong way around so that they do not out gun you, out shout you, out flank you, put you down, take from you.

Courage can come in many colors. Sometimes you can think strongly. Sometimes it is necessary to write your feelings out. Perhaps a change of scenery is what is needed. Sometimes you need to get active and go out and get stronger.

If you do not feel well, it is difficult to think about courage. It is hard to get up! It is hard to get started.

Seeking out a friend or an associate or a family member can provide the needed strength that allows your courage to build and remain.

Adversity is always there; take heart that your courage is as well.

We are all given our hand of cards and some have different hands than others. So, courage is relative – relative to the hand you are dealt.

Travel is a good way to understand the plight of others. Get out and see. If you have courage, you can heal many things in yourself and in others. Courage is a concept and a real entity, simultaneously.

Pursue it and attain it and then exercise it: Courage is like a friend. Develop the relationship and the benefit is yours. It is not easy, but feeling abused or discriminated against hurts, and there are many antidotes to troubles.

One is to be brave, to be strong, to keep thinking and to be courageous – even if it is simply an internal courage, a faith and a belief in oneself, in your God, and in people, animals, and all living creatures – and in love for your loved ones – and with love for yourself.

This is the 1968 Stones Blues Rock and Classic Rock masterpiece. Songs include: Street Fighting Man and Sympathy For The Devil. In my last post, 2 of 3 albums had whoops, hollers and jungle sounds like monkeys howling. This album starts out with yells with Sympathy. Another album from this era, The Thirteenth Floor Elevators, has noted and irritating Monkey yelps. You find that often in otherwise straight ahead rock and roll and blues. This Stones album is from December of the year stated. This is from my personal collection and has my name and date in ink. That is how long I have had it: Since Dec. ’68. This features some very deep blues influence from Brian Jones on guitar and then credits are given to Nicky Hopkins, (piano), and to many friends. Woo-hoo……Woo-hooo!

$200.00

The Psychedelic Sounds Of The Thirteenth Floor Elevators

1967 Texas Psych-Rock Band with the song that got to number 58, "You're Gonna Miss Me."

$275.00

]]>https://legendaryvinylrecords.com/2017/09/14/hula-girl-records/feed/02russLong Playerhttps://legendaryvinylrecords.com/2017/09/13/long-player/
https://legendaryvinylrecords.com/2017/09/13/long-player/#respondWed, 13 Sep 2017 22:06:20 +0000http://fluffilummi.com/?p=304My daily, weekly, monthly, yearly long, and lifelong pursuit of a record album with the picture of four long haired cats never left me after about 13 yrs of age. So here goes:

Stereo Gatefold LP: Deram DES 18038; A generally good Set of music from Lee & Co. Of note, Engineered by Glyn Johns, this is the Bell Sound sf pressing. Excellent and plays above the look of the vinyl!

Cricklewood Green – Ten years After

If you liked Mick Abrahms of Jethro Tull, as I did, you will be a big fan of Alvin Lee on this TYA LP. This first pressing is impressive work by the same engineer and from the same studio and on the same label (London) ((Deram)), as the Stones’ Beggars Banquet. That oeuvre, from 1968 is famously the headstone for “Sympathy For The Devil.”
On Cricklewood Green, the ghost of “Sympathy” perhaps that of the Prince of Darkness itself returns in the title: “50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain.” At Seven Minutes and Thirty Seven Seconds compared to Sympathy’s 6:14, The first minute starts out about like an homage to Donovan, Then the Kinks, Then the Who and the Beatles before the B part and the bass part of it along with the singing, results in a Sympathy redux! The rest of the album is oh so good, too!

$24.00

Angel Delight – Fairport Convention

A&M LP: First Pressing of Angel Delight , US. Release. Two songs co written by RT. On Journeyman's hear power Folk Rock chording. Take Stock! Swarbrick in best form here. You get that Steeleye Vibe here, a bit early.
Here is an album for all US Boomers to take stock in that you did not grow of age in bombed out London. But there, on Muswell Hill, (land of the Kinks), was the lonely hall named Fairport. And there in late 1965 or so was installed the hippie group into a Convention. Nothing so much to do with a Seaport really. Therein such Hall assembled the motley crew of Richard Thompson, Sandy Denny, (British Female Vocalist of the Year for 1970), Ashley Hutchings, Dave Swarbrick and the revolving door of bandmates. But somehow, their famous rock and roll band is today still known as the founder of British Folk Rock! Here is their 6th Album!